Perestroika 4.1

Summary

Split scene involving Louis and Prior on a park bench, and Roy and Joe in Roy's hospital room. Roy gives Joe his blessing, and Joe admits to Roy that he is homosexual. Roy does not take the news well, stands up which makes his IV fall out, and tells Joe to go home to his wife and never to talk to him about being homosexual again. Belize takes care of Roy's wound where the IV was, and Roy has another series of terrible spasms during which Ethel Appears

Lewis meets with Prior, and tells Prior that he misses him and wants to make up. Prior is bitter, and inquires about Lewis seeing other people. Prior realizes what the "Threshold of revelation." (Kushner 217) meant. Prior then tells Louis to not come back until he had visible bruises.